I have so many wonderful memories of Croatia. thank you for this post of a flag flapping in the wind. You caught it well with the coat of arms. Good shutter speed rendered it sharp and the colours are real.
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According to popular tradition, the nine stripes represent the nine syllables of the phrase "ΕλευθεÏία ή Θάνατος" ("Freedom or Death", the five blue stripes for the syllables "ΈλευθεÏία" (Freedom) and the four white stripes "ή Θάνατος" (Death).
There is a blue canton in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross the cross symbolises Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the established religion of the Greek people of Greece and Cyprus.
And it is sunny...the whole year!
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Congratulations, a wonderful portrait
Thanks much!
Congrats Randy, very dramatic portrait.
Thank you Megan!
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